[mdlug] Ubuntu vs. FedoraCore vs. SuSE

[Joseph Vartanian]

On 5/11/07, Stan Green <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com> wrote:
> I have the opportunity to reinstall Linux on a file server. (I don't care to
> talk about why.) I would also like to make it a mail server some day. This is
> all for my home network. Right now I have machines with Fedora Core 6 (Web
> server) and SuSE 10.1 (Desktop). I have been seeing a lot of chatter about
> Ubuntu but have never used it. Is it enough better than either FC or SuSE to
> take on a third distro? I have no plans to stop using the other two distros.
>
> Thanks,
> Stan Green
>

Ubuntu has a nice advantage over other distros as a desktop, since it
works rather well out of the box.  Ubuntu server however doesn't seems
to have any real advantage over other distros as a server.  In fact
when I tried Ubuntu server, I had quite a few problems with it (like
not booting up after a clean install).  I say until you see a distro
that has server features that really impress you, stick with what you
know works.

-Joseph